athenabodicea wrote:Oh I know it... I know it... Yet everytime it comes on the radio I feel the rhythem risin up inside me and I somehow always find myself dancin'...I'm sure they will play the shit out of it soon enough....

yeah, i totally hear you. the first time i heard that song, i was like "i fucking hate this song" so, i downloaded the thing to annoy the shit out of my cohorts, and now i find myself playing it. but i still hate it and what it does to me. what a dilemma. no doubt that radio will run this thing into the ground (if i dont do it first myself). something tells me we have the next "Hey Ya" on our hands.

*looks around bewildered*
wtf? oh well, they will be back.
anyway, i was posting a gig swap ad for my band on this website called craig's list. i dont know if any of you know it or not. anyways, i saw this posted on there, and was reminded why i hate mtv, target, and the radio.

some bitch on craig's list wrote:14yr old girl to become the icon of disaffected youthReply to: comm-110622937@craigslist.orgDate: 2005-11-11, 5:17PM PST

Who wants to help form this dream into a whirlwind reality? I am working with my 14yr old sister on her demo. Her music is agressive and chic. The songs are radio/pop friendly but the music is varied in genre. My sister smokes, cusses, and knows how to be rude in song, she is the epidomy of what I wanted to listen to when I was first getting into punk/metal/hardcore, yet it is all so catchy, and it comes with a pretty face. I think I'm sitting on a commercially viable goldmine. She is the bad girl that the pop music industry has been without! She is a pro at dropping crafty vocals. I've done Punk, Dance, Hip-hop, Reggae, Indy-Pop, and other styles and tried her voice on them, she gets the job done and makes it look easy. I as a songwriter, have been waiting for her to reach this level a long time. She's ready, and I need help in all departments.

I need to take this out of the project studio and into a major facilityI need to form a live showI need to shoot a videoI need other songwriters and producers as wellI need reliability, creativity, cooperation and professionalism, but most of all your feedback and inspiration

Thanks for reading this, email me and I will give you more to go on.James

* no -- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

then i thought. god i hope this is a joke. some satirical smart ass taking the piss out of the shallow fucks out there... yeah, it had to be a joke.....

yeah
my 14 year old sister smokes and is a bad ass. this will make her marketable to other kids. i dont know where to begin with how morally flawed this whole thing is. and i should know im a marble pillar. a shining beacon of moral justness and correctitude.

I'm writing my year-end best list for music and film for the local paper. (I own a music/movie store, and run a film festival). I only get 150 words this year! Here's where I'm at on the music side so far. I've got a couple more things to add.

Comeback of the Year: A new double disc anthology, 2 classic reissues, (including the essential Gremlins Have Pictures), and the first live concert in almost 20 years. Roky is back and ready to be discovered.

Ungangsta Rap: My favorite rap songs of the year are by a Hasidic Jew and a Canadian. Rapping about Johnny Cash and the Bar Kokhba Revolt are much more interesting than guns. Matisyahu - Live At Stubb's; Buck 65 - This Right Here Is

Lake County: New albums by Ike Reilly, Saturday Action Theatre and Stuntrock make me excited about local music for the first time in years.